Principal Data Architect - Modern Data Platforms & Data Mesh

Insight Global is seeking a hands-on Principal Data Architect to sit hybrid at a cybersecurity client in Newport Beach, San Jose, or Frisco Texas. You bring a strong background in big data engineering, modern lakehouse architectures, and decentralized data governance. This is a unique opportunity to define the strategic vision for their next-generation data platform, transition our ecosystem to a Data Mesh paradigm, and implement robust security standards across a petabyte-scale environment.

(This role can pay 220,000-245,000 based on years of experience).

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Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of professional software and data engineering experience, with a significant portion in a technical leadership or architectural role.
- Proven track record of transforming monolithic data warehouses into decentralized Data Mesh architectures, including experience with data contracts and federated governance.
- Deep, hands-on expertise with modern data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake, including optimizing compute clusters and managing costs.
- Strong proficiency in distributed computing frameworks (Apache Spark) and open standards (Delta Lake, Iceberg, Hudi).
- Extensive experience implementing data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) via technical controls like data masking, tokenization, and encryption at rest/in transit.
- Expert-level proficiency in Python, SQL, and Scala/Java. -You treat data pipelines as code, strictly adhering to CI/CD, unit testing, and version control best practices.
Deep understanding of event-driven architectures (Kafka, Kinesis) and workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt, Dagster).
- Hands-on experience implementing data discovery and governance tools such as Unity Catalog, Alation, or Collibra.
- Strong understanding of the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle, including model registry, feature stores, and model serving


Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.